Rumors

Greg Monroe will not be long for the Phoenix Suns. The big man is headed to arid Arizona after the Milwaukee Bucks struck a trade for Eric Bledsoe, but his stay should be short-lived. The Suns are currently trying to reroute him before discussing the possibility of buying out the final year of his contract, [...]

Jahlil Okafor doesn’t yet have a new home. But he might soon. And that home will probably be in Atlanta or Chicago, according to NBA.com’s David Aldridge: League sources indicate the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks are the most likely destinations for Okafor. But the Sixers are still holding out for at least a Draft [...]

Luol Deng has made all of one appearance, spanning 13 minutes, for the Los Angeles Lakers this season. He is woefully out of place as they try to develop their young core, and he knows it. The Lakers have been open about it. And he’s being a pro about it. But Deng’s agent is also [...]

LeBron James. Draymond Green. Ben Simmons. Tyler Ennis. What do all of these NBA players have in common? Their game-day jerseys have been, to varying degrees, torn during live action. Here is LeBron’s rip: And Ennis’: And Green’s: And, finally, Simmons’: Hardly a good look, right? Fear not, though. Nike, who manufactures the Association’s jerseys [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers lost more than the game against the Miami Heat on Sunday. They lost Danilo Gallinari, too. The 29-year-old was forced out of action in the first half with a hip injury, something he’s been laboring through for a few games, per the Los Angeles Times‘ Kevin Baxter: The Clippers lost Danilo Gallinari after he [...]

The Boston Celtics refuse to give up a first-round pick for a rival player they know is unwanted by his current team, and whose value has cratered amid the NBA’ spacing revolution. Imagine that. With the Philadelphia 76ers intent on moving Okafor rather than buying him out, the Celtics have been named as a potential [...]

Well, those Eric Bledsoe-for-Reggie Jackson rumors certainly didn’t last long. They started on Thursday afternoon, with The New York Times‘ Marc Stein noting the Detroit Pistons could have interest in striking a deal for Bledsoe: Soon after that, Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto brought word that the Pistons had delivered an official offer to the Suns: And [...]

Kristaps Porzingis will be extension-eligible this July, at which time, if he’s healthy and they’re smart, the New York Knicks will try to lock him up for the next four or five years. And yet, if his brother and agent, Janis, is to be believed, the 7’1″ skyscraper may not jump at the chance to [...]

Steph Curry was obscenely underpaid the past four seasons, winning two league MVPs and two NBA titles while being paid $11 million per season, less than Timofey Mozgov. That finally changed as Curry signed a five-year, $201 million super-max extension this summer. According to Marcus Thompson of The Athletic, Curry and his agent requested a [...]

Conspiracy theorists who believe Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue only started Dwyane Wade at the beginning of the season to prove that he should come off the bench are about to be vindicated. Speaking on the latest episode of The Lowe Post podcast, ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst told Zach Lowe that Lue was thrown off by [...]